The Counterfeiters
Rating
Title
The Counterfeiters
Creator
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Description
This sophisticated story film containing at least twenty-seven shots details the investigation of a gang of counterfeiters by U.S. Secret Service agents. In shot 6 , the old woman aiding the counterfeiters exits their attic work room then returns with a large box bearing the Lubin trademark , the word 'copyrighted ' prominent below it - a brazen joke from a notorious counterfeiter of competitors ' wares ? The film's second half consists of a jailbreak and chase after one of the crooks clad in convict stripes. The jailbreak scene contains an inserted medium close up of the prisoner using a smuggled saw to cut through the cell door. Though the original title is extant , nitrate decomposition at the tail of the print necessitated a trim. Our version stops just before the escaping crook is recaptured , though the catalog pictures two more scenes : i) the chase continues in rowboats ; ii) the fleeing counterfeiter is seized and clubbed by the cops on a city street. The print did include a few salvageable frames of the last scene. (Worland , 1995 : http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf51.pdf)
Contributors
Worland , Rick
Original Date
1905
Original Format
35 mm nitrate film
Related Resources
Worland , R. 1995. The Sulphur Springs , Texas early films discovery. Journal of Film Preservation 51 : 54-64. http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf51.pdf (Note : go to page 56 in the.pdf file)
Item Number
SSM27
Type
Video
Digitization Date
Digitized for web: 2011
Digital Format
TRT 00:06:21.64 ; Archival File: Video: DV-NTSC, 640 x 480; Streaming File: Presented in Vimeo as 480 x 360
Digitization Process
Files were ripped from source DVD to create NTSC .mov master file. Utilized reverse-telecine using standard 2s3w pattern to create a 640x480, 23.98fps, square pixel master file. Uploaded .mp4 derivative to Vimeo.
Web Page
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/ssm/stream/SSM27_Stream.html
Movie File
ssm27_counterfeiters_up.mp4
Digital Collection
Sulphur Springs Collection of Pre-Nickelodeon Films
Part of
Sulphur Springs
Library
G . William Jones Film and Video Collection ; Hamon Arts Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection, Southern Methodist University when using this file. For more information contact filmarchive@smu.edu.
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